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Battle of Senyclarus - 650 B.C. With the Second Messenian War, Messenia revolted against the Spartans. Allied to the Arcadians and Argos, Messenia won the Battle of Senyclarus. Aristomenes was a king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans, and his resistance to them on Mount Ira for 11 years. At length the mountain fell to the enemy, while he escaped and was snatched up by the gods; he died at Rhodes.
They held their own at Derai and won a major victory over the Spartans and their allies from Corinth and Lepreos at a place called Boar's Grave in Stenyclarus. Subsequently, Aristomenes attacked and sacked the Laconian city of Pharis (Pharae).
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Spartan poetry flourished during this time. See the comparison between two of their greatest poets. Tyrtaeus and Archilochus. |
